Gay footballers...

RuailleBuaille

Where are they? Statistically speaking, there has to be at least one in each club no? Will it ever be 'ok' for them to come out?

Melion

There was one who came out and then committed suicide a few years later, Justin Fashanu was his name. There are rumours of others like Graeme Le Saux but nothing 100% confirmed.

Abi

RuailleBuaille wrote: »

Where are they? Statistically speaking, there has to be at least one in each club no? Will it ever be 'ok' for them to come out?

Probably not no. Football is commonly associated with (dons man voice) blokey blokes. And most of them will never accept homosexuality. Linkage, interesting snippet.

Edit:// Added link.

mike65

Graeme Le Sauxs only "sin" was having a brain and reading the Guardian before that sort of thing was seen as progressive rather than ghey.

Mike.

Cianos

What are you waiting for, tabloid headlines any time a footballer is openly gay? I don't know much about football but maybe (hopefully) we've reached the point where a footballer can be openly gay and not have the whole world stop.

There's probably plenty of gay footballers who are open about it with their friends and team mates but no one gives enough of a toss for the whole world to know

AckwelFoley

A gay guys fav position to play in Rugby Is the No 8 at the back of the pack with his head wedged among all that ass.


I always preferred to play out on the wing myself.

latenia

Here's a few:

http://tinyurl.com/6mzgrn

AARRRGH

John O'Shea who plays for Man U / Ireland is gay.

There are gay footballers but people just don't talk about it.

old boy

belly laughes

RuailleBuaille

Melion wrote: »

There was one who came out and then committed suicide a few years later, Justin Fashanu was his name. There are rumours of others like Graeme Le Saux but nothing 100% confirmed.

Yeah it was reading about him made me post the thread.
It's mad, the last bastion of masculinity and they're as preened as you can get. You'd think in this day and age it wouldn't be such a big deal.

Thrill

If there is any then they certainly wouldnt admit it until their playing career
came to an end. Imagine the hell they'd have to go through from the fans
during every game. The taunting and jibes would probably drive them from
the game.

Also, the thought of entering the box would put them off completely.

shockwave

If any player were to come out of the closet their lives would be made an absolute misery. Hence the silence.

connundrum

I presume that there are a few, but why would they want to 'come out' as it were. If things are going along swimmingly as it is, why jeopordise things by bringing the spotlight onto yourself.

RuailleBuaille

Cianos wrote: »

What are you waiting for, tabloid headlines any time a footballer is openly gay? I don't know much about football but maybe (hopefully) we've reached the point where a footballer can be openly gay and not have the whole world stop.

There's probably plenty of gay footballers who are open about it with their friends and team mates but no one gives enough of a toss for the whole world to know

The whole point is that there are no openly gay footballers and my question was will it ever be ok for them to come out and be such.

Abi

latenia wrote: »

Here's a few:

http://tinyurl.com/6mzgrn

lol. I like.

The OH is such a pillock. He maintains an 'each to their own' policy, but changes his tune while hes watching a match..

Que OH: Ferdinand you fcukin a.rse bandit :mad::mad:
/Hits tv.

Keano

RuailleBuaille wrote: »

The whole point is that there are no openly gay footballers and my question was will it ever be ok for them to come out and be such.

No.

The abuse they receive is bad enough already.

AARRRGH

Thrill wrote: »

Also, the thought of entering the box would put them off completely.

:pac: :pac: :pac:

RuailleBuaille

Keano A Legend wrote: »

No.

The abuse they receive is bad enough already.

Abuse from who? The fans? Media? Management? All of the above? That's mad, society is not as far along as I thought we were.

*takes off rose tinted glasses*

Mr. Presentable

Statistically one in six men are gay - so nearly four gays play at every match.

I saw a lot of "evidence" on Youtube that C Ronaldo of Man Utd is gay. A lot of "evidence". So, with O'Shea as the other one, that'd pretty much make the Neville bloke and Van der Sar straight

AARRRGH

Not to sound outrageous, but is it possible gays aren't interested in being a footballer? You know, just like straight men aren't particularly interested in being a nurse or a beautician (or whatever industry gay men like to work in.)

AckwelFoley

nipplenuts wrote: »

Statistically one in six men are gay - so nearly four gays play at every match.

Statistically 85% of statistics on teh internetz are made up on the spot.

Bottle_of_Smoke

RuailleBuaille wrote: »

The whole point is that there are no openly gay footballers and my question was will it ever be ok for them to come out and be such.

It is okay for them in the public eye I'd say, but imagine the awkwardness in the changing room.

Abi

dublindude wrote: »

Not to sound outrageous, but is it possible gays aren't interested in being a footballer? You know, just like straight men aren't particularly interested in being a nurse or a beautician (or whatever industry gay men like to work in.)

I would be inclined to believe that would reduce the odds alright. That said, there are two kinds. The blokey gays, and the more flamboyant / efemininate (sp?) gays.

You wont catch the flamboyants on the pitch. In the crowed trying to get a glimpse up a short-leg perhaps

Mr. Presentable

snyper wrote: »

Statistically 85% of statistics on teh internetz are made up on the spot.

"20.8% of U.S. males and 17.8% of U.S. females with some homosexual behavior or some homosexual attraction since age 15."

--The Kinsey Institute Prevalence of homosexuality

Cool_CM

Worst thing about the Justin Fashanu was the fact that his more famous brother John totally disowned him afterwards. What a prick!

Thrill

Theres a gay league in the U.K.

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to see todays results and league table.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFSN_National_League

One score was... Leicester Wildecats 13-0 London Leftfooters :eek:




An old Boards thread about a new gay league in Mexico.....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=150846

AARRRGH

http://www.vinniejones.co.uk/images/football/vj_pg_big.jpg ftw

Mental Mickey

This is a stupid thread, imo. Who fcukin cares what they are in their private lives, as long as they can play footie.

nomorebadtown

dublindude wrote: »

John O'Shea who plays for Man U / Ireland is gay

are you taking the piss? source?

EamonnKeane

nipplenuts wrote: »

"20.8% of U.S. males and 17.8% of U.S. females with some homosexual behavior or some homosexual attraction since age 15."

--The Kinsey Institute Prevalence of homosexuality

Kinsey was terrible with statistics. Most modern surveys say 2-3%.

Keano

nomorebadtown wrote: »

are you taking the piss? source?

I have heard that he is too but the rumour mill is a dangerous thing...

Cool_CM

Thrill wrote: »

Theres a gay league in the U.K.

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to see todays results and league table.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFSN_National_League

One score was... Leicester Wildecats 13-0 London Leftfooters :eek:

Leftfooter were also hammered by London Falcons 15-0

Brighton Bandits, what a great name for a club!:D
http://www.banditsfc.org/

AARRRGH

nomorebadtown wrote: »

are you taking the piss? source?

I thought this was common knowledge?

I can't give you a source. He was shagging Will Young I believe.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

DE ROSSI
AMBROSINI
CANNAVARO

all confirmed open gays. cannavaro won the gay footballer of the year award or something along the lines of that. its an award given to best gay footballers. and no im not bull****ing.

AARRRGH

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV wrote: »

cannavaro won the gay footballer of the year award or something along the lines of that. its an award given to best gay footballers. and no im not bull****ing.

LOL

old boy

op the diff is can they play, not do they play

Trojan911

RuailleBuaille wrote: »

Will it ever be 'ok' for them to come out?

Maybe one day, but when they do, will they have seperate bath rooms/showers?

trout

snyper wrote: »

A gay guys fav position to play in Rugby Is the No 8 at the back of the pack with his head wedged among all that ass.


I always preferred to play out on the wing myself.

you should explain yore theory to smashey so. I'm sure he'd love to hear it. :rolleyes:

Keano

That Will Young and John O'Shea story is all over the internet - it gots to be true so!

Dave!

*waits for someone to post the pic of Ronaldo and Rooney where it looks like Ron's sucking Roon off*

Feck it I'll do it



In real news however, Fernando Torres is gay. It's true. It's true.

AckwelFoley

trout wrote: »

you should explain yore theory to smashey so. I'm sure he'd love to hear it. :rolleyes:

Why? Is smashey a no8 or gay.. or both?

trout

snyper wrote: »

Why? Is smashey a no8 or gay.. or both?

number 8 for sure ... as for the other question, ask him yoreself :rolleyes:

Sherifu

/checks thread

/sees that JOS has been mentioned

/exits thread

fingal hoop

not that it matters but John O' Shea has a girlfriend
Cannevaro is married with children & so is de rossi

JupiterKid

Well, if the ignorance and homophobia shown by quite a few posters on this thread are anything to go by, any gay football players (and there are a few - shock horror!!) whould be well advised to stay in the closet.

Rugby is actually a considerably less homophobic sport than football. The biggest problem is the fans - many are pure scummers who are total thick ignorant homophobic bigots and who would not accept, let alone tolerate, an openly gay player.

Yes, it will eventually be possible to be an openly gay professional soccer player, but not for perhaps another generation. The way Justin Fashanu was treated and how his life was destroyed after he came out was totally disgusting. :mad:

orestes

Of course there are gay footballers, it would be statistically almost impossible for there not to be a few in any league. 20 teams, each team with say 20 or 25 players (first eleven, reserves, etc.) so that's 400 guys, some of them are bound to be gay.

The problem is football is a very homophobic culture afaik. The abuse they would get from the fans would be a nightmare, other players on their own teams wouldn't be happy about getting changed or showering with them, the media attention would be horrible too. The Fashanu case is the most obvious example.

That Sky show Dream Team did a story-line about a player being gay in the team it's about. All the kind of stuff I mentioned above happened. I don't know much about football so I asked my brother if it would really be that big a deal if a footballer was gay. He looked at me like I was asking what colour the sky is and said "what are you, fukking stupid? It would be worse than that". Pretty sad

Sherifu

fingal hoop wrote: »

not that it matters but John O' Shea has a girlfriend
Cannevaro is married with children & so is de rossi

Good first post Mr. PR guy.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Well, if the ignorance and homophobia shown by quite a few posters on this thread are anything to go by, any gay football players (and there are a few - shock horror!!) whould be well advised to stay in the closet.

They should at least stay onside.

parasite

There was also a cringeworthy article by a female Sindo journalist about a fling she had with JOS

Dennis the Stone

http://www.boreme.com/media/yr2005/alex-ferguson.jpg

AckwelFoley

JupiterKid wrote: »

Well, if the ignorance and homophobia shown by quite a few posters on this thread are anything to go by, any gay football players (and there are a few - shock horror!!) whould be well advised to stay in the closet.

Rugby is actually a considerably less homophobic sport than football. The biggest problem is the fans - many are pure scummers who are total thick ignorant homophobic bigots and who would not accept, let alone tolerate, an openly gay player.

Yes, it will eventually be possible to be an openly gay professional soccer player, but not for perhaps another generation. The way Justin Fashanu was treated and how his life was destroyed after he came out was totally disgusting. :mad:

I think you are taking the comments of the ppl in this thread serious.

That would be a mistake

Zzippy

Sherifu wrote: »

Good first post Mr. PR guy.

First post or not, JOS does have a girlfriend. And hiding behind a pc screen and speculating about someone's sexuality on a public forum is pretty shitty...